Clinical

Up to your neck in fluid therapy questions? Consider the 2024 AAHA Fluid Therapy Guidelines for Dogs and Cats your lifeboat.

Bye bye, black market! Veterinarians can now take an active role in the treatment of their patients with FIP through a compounded drug now for sale in the US and Canada.

Veterinarians can use a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test to diagnose benzimidazole-resistant hookworms and reduce the danger of a One Health crisis that could impact animals and humans.

Is a surgical laser a valuable tool or an expensive toy? Many veterinarians are wondering the same thing. On one hand, the promise of less pain and inflammation, better hemostasis and potentially faster healing is appealing. On the other, it is reasonable to be skeptical of whether clients will opt for the increased surgical costs.

Poultry and dairy veterinarian Kay Russo, DVM, MAHM, DACPV,  urges other veterinarians to be vigilant and aware of the interspecies spread of H5N1—including the risk to humans.

While emodepside can be effective in treating multi-anthelmintic drug resistant (MADR) hookworms in dogs, there are serious safety considerations including careful patient selection after screening for heartworm and the MDR1 mutation.

Heartworm resistance isn’t as prevalent as it once was, but genetic variation and human activity may change that in the future. And with an uptick of heartworm-positive cases in unusual locations, it’s more important than ever to educate and encourage clients about year-round heartworm prevention.

With each passing year, we are seeing changes in the parasite distribution and incidence across the United States and around the world. While some researchers have seen a decrease in the number of cases of heartworm resistance to preventives, cases of hookworm multi-anthelmintic drug resistance are more concerning.

Using an individualized whole cancer cell vaccine and targeted T-cell lymphocytes, ELIAS Cancer Immunotherapy (ECI) can potentially create a “sustained immune effect” in dogs with osteosarcoma.

Maintaining dental instruments is critical to performing proper dental procedures. Sharp scalers and curettes are much more effective at cleaning teeth than dull instruments. Brook A. Niemiec, DVM, DAVCD, DEVDC, talks about taking the best care of your dental hand instruments.